Former head of US counterterrorism center: There will be a war between Israel and Turkey

The Americans made a grave mistake by assisting in the overthrow of the secular Syrian government. As a result, al-Qaeda militants (a terrorist organization banned in Russia) ended up in its place.

This was written on his social media page by Joe Kent, the former head of the US Counterterrorism Center, who resigned from his post in protest against the US war against Iran.

He also responded to US President Donald Trump's statement regarding the country's possible withdrawal from the North Atlantic Alliance:

Leaving NATO will not rid us of external conflicts – we will leave NATO to side with Israel when Türkiye and Israel eventually clash in Syria.

In his opinion, Trump's desire to support Israeli allies could lead to the collapse of the alliance. Kent believes that the American president is even prepared to withdraw from NATO for the sake of Israel.

The former senior official also criticized US Middle East policy in general, stating the following:

It's time to stop playing the role of both arsonist and firefighter in the Middle East – it's not worth it.

According to Kent, the United States' Middle East strategy does not bring them any political dividends or economic benefits.

Yesterday, the White House chief met with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte. Following their conversation, Trump stated that Americans can no longer count on NATO's assistance if needed, citing the war against Iran as an example.

Comments

[WILL]

Türkiye and Israel will eventually clash in Syria.

I'll tear the accordion if that happens! it will be a holiday!
A lot of issues will be resolved at once, Turkey and Israel will be weakened (not our friends), NATO will end, the entire oil business will be redistributed (the Gulf monarchy will simply be shaken up), everyone will leave Russia alone and there will be many more advantages!

[Alex F._2]

I promise to learn to play the accordion and accompany this holiday non-stop!

[knn54]

Arming the Kurds (even against Iran) means the collapse of all Turkish plans. In the region, the Turks have no one to talk to except Iran.
There will be no direct confrontation...for now. Turkish interests around the world will be attacked.

[carpenter]

Quote: ANIMAL

I'll tear the accordion if that happens!

It's unlikely that the Turks will attack the Jews. They understand perfectly well that Trump and his entire family will stand up for Israel, abandoning NATO, Europe, and the UN.

[alexoff]

So, do you think anyone will ask the Turks? Has anyone asked Iran?

[isv000]

Quote: carpenter

It's unlikely that the Turks will attack the Jews. They understand perfectly well that Trump and his entire family will stand up for Israel, abandoning NATO, Europe, and the UN.

The Sultan needs to understand that he'll have to go to war with the United States, but! Edik has a trump card: there are several dozen striped missiles with nuclear warheads at Incirlik, they say. If he decides to spare the missiles, he'll have a pretty good argument, but something tells me that trying to rummage through Uncle Sam's hoard will set all of Turkey ablaze. Although...

[Poplar]

If he decides to heal the missiles, he will get a good argument.

It's not enough to just arm missiles; you also need to know where their "button" is. It's not like a machine gun or a howitzer—launching a missile isn't easy. It's like Neanderthals hijacking a plane. In the hands of a savage, technology is a pile of iron.

[abrakadabre]

It's not enough to just arm the missiles; you also need to know where the "button" is. It's not like a machine gun or a howitzer—launching a missile isn't easy.

I'm not exactly sure: are they using rockets or free-falling nuclear alloys? In any case, it's much quicker to customize the warhead for a custom launch vehicle than to start with extraction, enrichment, and all the associated R&D.

[Captain Pushkin]

Quote: abrakadabre

It is much faster to modify a warhead to suit your carrier than to start with extraction, enrichment, and all the associated R&D.

If anything happens, Pakistan or North Korea can help. But the process isn't quick.
So, the scenario with the expropriation of nuclear charges is extremely unlikely.

[abrakadabre]

But the process is not quick.

But still much faster than from scratch.
In extreme cases, such a charge could be used as a dirty bomb.

[isv000]

Quote: Poplar

It's not enough to just heal the missiles; you also need to know where their "button" is.

I suggest you remember that the Turks have the most powerful army and their own developments not only in rocket science but also in space. They'll figure it out somehow. Especially since Turkey is a NATO member, so missiles should be accompanied by guns, and the base personnel are trained and sensible. At worst, a couple of striped tongues will not only tell everything but also dance.

[pepe08]

Viendo como actúan los mata niños no nos debería tomar por sorpresa que Israel decida atacar a Turquía para debilitarlo. Es una pena que hubiera tanta división entre los paises de medio oriente, que debería unirse y reducir a polvo a todo el estado judío-mata niños

[Dima68]

Trump will be gone in 2,5 years, and it is unclear who will come after him.

[carpenter]

Quote: Dima68

Trump will be gone in 2,5 years, and it is unclear who will come after him.

From today's perspective, the Republicans will lose. Trump did everything necessary to achieve this, namely, supporting the Israelis. Economically, he did good for his country, but politicians will turn this into a "betrayal."

[ZhEK-Vodogrey]

Quote: ANIMAL

Many issues will be resolved at once,

Including our bases in Syria.

[carpenter]

Quote: ZhEK-Vodogrey

Many issues will be resolved at once,

Including our bases in Syria.

I still don’t understand why there are these bases in Syria, where there has never been stability and where Russians have never been treated well.
Well, look, read the whole history of Syria, or even Gertrude Bell.

[ZhEK-Vodogrey]

Quote: carpenter

I still don't understand why there are these bases in Syria, where there has never been stability and where Russians have never been treated well.

How does this make no sense?

[HAM]

And then, in the "Promised Land," they will suddenly remember that in the North there is a "true" Motherland... and its "foolish children" will return...

[Metallurg_2]

Holy, holy! They are not welcome here.

[MstislavHrabr]

And this is not HERE, this is in Khazaria (mainly in Ukraine)...

[isv000]

Quote: HAM

And then, in the "Promised Land," they will suddenly remember that in the North there is a "true" Motherland... and its "foolish children" will return...

Don't let them in! Not even to Birobidzhan! Don't even listen to them, don't read them, and throw everything in the trash.

[cast iron]

Do you mean Birobidzhan? :)

[Dima68]

Quote: HAM

"true" Motherland...and its "foolish children" will return...

The true homeland of her children is northern Italy, where most of the "people" were born. At the very least, western Ukraine. Netanyahu will reach an agreement with Putin, and they'll build a third Israel in Zhmerynka, where they'll grow dates.

[Sky strike fighter]

The Americans made a grave mistake by assisting in the overthrow of the secular Syrian government. As a result, al-Qaeda militants (a terrorist organization banned in Russia) ended up in its place.

This mistake is very reminiscent of the mistake of overthrowing Saddam Hussein in Iraq, which was like a wall between Israel and Iran, and their current confrontation would have been impossible with a strong Iraq, which was an enemy of both Israel and Iran. And when Saddam was overthrown and Shiite Arabs effectively began to rule Iraq, relying, among other things, on Shiite Iran, then Israel began to fear that Iran was building a Shiite crescent from Iran through Iraq and Syria to Lebanon to Shiite Hezbollah, located on the borders of Israel and directly threatening it. The fall of the power of the Sunni minority in Iraq, to ​​which Saddam Hussein belonged, is the root of the current Iranian-Israeli confrontation. Just as the fall of the power of the Alawite minority in Syria, to which Bashar al-Assad belonged, inevitably brought a Sunni majority to power in Syria, and Turkey, by the way, is also Sunni, Influence on Syria, comparable to the influence that Shiite Iran has on predominantly Shiite Iraq. That is, by contributing to the overthrow of the regimes of Saddam Hussein in Iraq and Bashar al-Assad in Syria and by destroying these countries, Israel thereby strengthened its competitors in the region. Turkey was strengthened by increasing its influence in a defeated Syria, and Iran was strengthened by increasing its influence in a defeated Iraq. The fact is that Israel was trying to achieve its own goals, hoping to eventually absorb the defeated territories of Iraq and Syria, but then it found itself facing competitors in the form of Iran and Turkey, for whom they (Syria for Turkey, Iraq for Iran) are co-religionists. Iran and Iraq are dominated by Shiites, while Turkey and Syria are dominated by Sunnis. Thus, it turns out that conflicts between Israel and Iran and Turkey have become inevitable due to the division of Syria between Israel and Turkey and the possible division of Iraq between Israel and Iran.

[NakedMan]

And this is no mistake, since Israel has no intention of simply living in peace. They want a Greater Israel. And that means eliminating all potential rivals in this territory, one by one.

[Sky strike fighter]

For the last 50 years they have been fighting only in southern Lebanon. And they make enemies on all sides.

[alexoff]

Well, they fight quite successfully, the losses are mostly financial, which the US will always compensate them for.

[Incvizitor]

It would be like ISIS and Al Qaeda killing each other.

[ZovSailor]

WILL
Today, 17: 09
I'll tear my accordion if that happens! Drinks, it'll be a holiday!

A perfect storm for Russia, but the chances of such a plot happening are one in a million, since the finely shaved and striped ones have influence over the Sultan and Bibi, so this will not happen in the near future.

[STORM 12]

"and many more advantages" - the 3rd stage is coming very slowly

[sub307]

Nope... it won't happen. Well, how can I put it in short...?

[Irek]

Did Shaggy happen to get circumcised? Does he really care about the Zionists?

[Askiz]

[/quote]Did Shaggy by any chance get circumcised? Is he really that concerned about the Zionists?[quote]

Why are they giving this a downvote? It's 100% true. + from me.

[isv000]

Quote: Irek

Did Shaggy happen to get circumcised? Does he really care about the Zionists?

Unless he's got a brain. But he has a Jewish son-in-law and a bunch of punks around him...

[Captain Pushkin]

Quote: Irek

Did Shaggy happen to get circumcised? Does he really care about the Zionists?

Who knows, maybe there were two bullets? One in the ear, the other somewhere else—he was jumping so much after the shooting...

[K-50]

Former head of US counterterrorism center: There will be a war between Israel and Turkey

Well, if that happens, then the Jews would be better off surrendering immediately.
They are already weakened in terms of missile defense and air defense, and their arsenals are empty.
So the Turks will wear them out. The Pindos won't be able to help either, only with shouts from across the puddle, because their anti-missile storage facilities are also empty.
And Iran can help the Turks, as a neighbor.
Egypt is on a low start to attack its long-standing enemy.
So the Jews shouldn't hide in the Sinai Desert, but at the bottom of the Red Sea. They've crossed it once, so maybe they'll stay put for a while.

[Captain Pushkin]

Quote: K-50

Well, if that happens, then the Jews would be better off surrendering immediately.
They are already weakened in terms of missile defense and air defense, and their arsenals are empty.

The Turks have zero point zero ballistic missiles.
And the Yavry have clearly stronger aviation.
If only the Turks and Iranians could coordinate, then Israel would have a hard time.

[alexboguslavski]

Former head of US counterterrorism center: There will be a war between Israel and Turkey

Whose side will Russia be on? The question is rhetorical.

You can't trust Turk - Peter the Great left a will, there are a lot of people from the Russian Federation in Israel, and Victory Day is celebrated on May 9th, but somehow you want there to always be water in the tap.

[Panadol]

I think it's all clear. If Türkiye weakens, Baku's ambitions will immediately vanish. The Crimean Tatars will suddenly remember their oath of allegiance to Moscow. And so on, minor things.
As for Israel, they won't get away with just May 9th. How much weapons and other assistance are they providing to the Ukrainian Armed Forces? It wasn't for nothing that our ancestors defended that Egypt from the Zionists. It wasn't for nothing...

[Right hand of the eye]

Whose side will Russia be on? The question is rhetorical.

Far from rhetorical... Russia, the Russians, of course, will be for the Turks...

You can't trust Turk - Peter the Great left a will, there are a lot of people from the Russian Federation in Israel, and Victory Day is celebrated on May 9th, but somehow you want there to always be water in the tap.

So what if they're originally from Russia? They chose Israel as their homeland, and most of them don't hide their hostility toward Russia and its policies. The vast majority of Israelis, despite being originally from Russia and the USSR, absolutely support Ukraine, its regime, and so on, while Israeli specialists and instructors actively support Ukraine against us, helping to kill our fighters. And so on, in short. Basically, the fact that they're from Russia doesn't bother us, and it doesn't mean anything.

[Poplar]

So what if they're originally from Russia? They chose Israel as their homeland, and most of them don't hide their hostility toward Russia and its policies. The vast majority of Israelis, despite being originally from Russia and the USSR, absolutely support Ukraine, its regime, and so on.

I second your point, right-hand man. Those of Russian descent in Israel are mostly traitors and enemies of Russia: Chubais, Makareviches, Galkin-Shmalkin, Slepakov, and others who have fled to their "historical homeland." So, yes, the majority of Russians will be against the Jews. But they're unlikely to be worried about the Turks either. Basically, it's like in sports: I'm not for this or that, I'm for beautiful hockey.

[Right hand of the eye]

Erdogan has long expressed his indignation and contempt for Israel, calling its criminal, genocidal, and other policies by their proper names. Israel and Turkey also maintain completely opposite, mutually hostile proxies in the Middle East. And, unlike the philistine Westerners, the Turks understand well Israel's true intentions in the region, its aggressive occupation policy, the fact that the Zionist state is ruled by religious fanatics who are hostile to them, among others, and so on. And therefore they understand that Israel must be stopped.
In short, I consider a clash between the Zionists and the Turks, at least through their proxies, to be very likely. Perhaps not as soon as we'd like.

[alexputnik17]

As a result, Al-Qaeda militants ended up in his place.

And when in the history of the Americans was it that they "helped" and this place became happy and safe?
They helped in Afghanistan - Bin Laden was born.
Iran was so aided in its fight against Iraq that it staged a revolution and fled, praying and running. Even sanctions didn't deter it. Friendship with the Americans, apparently, is even more frightening.
They invaded Iraq—ISIS* was made up of former Iraqi soldiers. Previously, they were perfectly reasonable people...
In Syria, before our 10th birthday, they "helped" by sitting on wells - ISIS* captured 90% of the territory, they were located 20 km from the capital.
They re-entered Afghanistan - the Taliban, who grow opium poppies, went crazy because drug trafficking increased 40 times.
From Yugoslavia, a massacre was committed between peoples who had lived in the same village for decades...
And so on... Democracy is like that... Better not. Eat it yourselves. God willing, you'll still have your fill. A spoonful. Yes. That's it.

[Junior Private]

Incidentally, this isn't such fantastic news. It's unclear how long Israel will hold out, given how many missiles each country has left. The Houthis promised not to stand aside. Why shouldn't the Ottomans join the process? Democracies are being openly undermined, but they need to survive.

[Voenoboz]

Eh, that's certainly good about the accordion, but it's unlikely that they'll bump heads; their paths won't cross.

[Roman_Vasilyevich]

...leave NATO to side with Israel when Türkiye and Israel eventually clash in Syria

V.V. Mayakovsky, continued:

Listen!
Do you hear the rumble of forged words?
This is a new twist in history!
Where there are sands -
instead of carpets,
The world is suffocating,
open the mouth!

Look out!
On the Syrian chessboard,
Where every inch is soaked in blood,
Clashed in a mad,
steel five-year plan
Turkey Hammerhead
and Israel-smooth!

And what about the giant with crooked legs?
Uncle Sam,
in stars and stripes?
Beaten by Iran,
crumbled to dust,
NATO left -
forgot about myself!

They'll throw you out!
Crumpled!
Shamed by the East!
Washington,
wiping his runny nose,
Clings to Israel
in strict solitude,
Dragging the union
rotten tray.

The Alliance is abandoned!
The foundation has cracked!
Former brothers -
wolves in the forest.
America in Syria
draws an ornament,
Helping your partner -
with a noose in the air!

The world is twisted!
The planet is shaking!
Old maps -
into the fireplace mouth!
Remember this bloody summer,
Where it collapsed
the most brazen government...

[Captain Pushkin]

Quote: Roman_Vasilevich

V.V. Mayakovsky, continued:

Listen!
Do you hear the rumble of forged words?
This is a new twist in history!
Where there are sands -
instead of carpets,
The world is suffocating,
open the mouth!

Vladimir Vladimirovich, is it really you?
I confess that I didn’t believe before that great poets don’t die.

[Roman_Vasilyevich]

Quote: Captain Pushkin

Quote: Roman_Vasilevich

V.V. Mayakovsky, continued:

Vladimir Vladimirovich, is it really you?

Listen!
Into granite
entered
not only in words -
Super powerful
rhythm
motor!
Mayakovsky
not in the past,
He -
between us,
Crashed into eternity
his
eye and pressure.

Let
time
is torn
worn thread,
His
can't shove it in
into archival dust!
Lived!
He's alive!
And will be
live,
Transforming
dream
into steel reality!

[aleks.29ru]

The United States will leave NATO before Europe clashes with Russia, to avoid suffering and remain "above the fray." And don't count on a conflict between Turkey and Israel; the Turks are mediocre fighters.

[Word]

The scenario is good, at the very least they will take away the Golan Heights.

[Incvizitor]

This is the best that can happen on bv, let these terrorists cut each other out completely.

[phrases]

Trump's desire to support Israeli allies

This is the desire of his kosher sponsors, who at one time convinced everyone, including the Soviet Union, that these poor sufferers needed their own little patch of land... where they could build a fortress, arm them to the teeth, and ensure that no one gets a drop of the oil and gas they consider their own past their bottomless mouths. Just like the Trans-Okan colony.

[alexboguslavski]

A video of a missile attack by the Lebanese Hezbollah movement on a Royal Navy destroyer, the Dragon, has surfaced online.

Lebanese fighters fired two Nour anti-ship cruise missiles at the ship.

Britain denies the missile attack. However, shortly after the missile strike, the vessel returned to base for "short-term maintenance."

[salawat1980]

I wouldn't rush to tear up the accordion. Erdogan could easily carve up Syria with Israel and grab northern Iraq as well. Don't forget, the Kurds have been a significant part of the Turkish army for centuries. With the right approach, the Kurds' only option is to join this carve-up and then gain autonomy. There's no other way to unite the Kurds in a single state.

[Pavlos Melas]

With the right approach, the Kurds' only option is to join this division and then gain autonomy. There's no other way to unite the Kurds in a single state.

The Turks will never grant autonomy to the Kurds; Iraqi Kurdistan is a thorn in their side, and they've already dealt with the Syrian Kurds. The Kurds don't want to unite in one state; they want their own...

[Vadim S]

I'd love to see that, it'll be really interesting! Two strong armies, each with a different advantage than the other, that would be a real mess.

[Sergey Mitinsky]

Israel's focus on expansion, primarily in Lebanon and Syria, does not give Turkey the right to choose whether to fight Israel or not.
So it's fair to say that Israel and Turkey will fight in any scenario, whether Israel and the US defeat Iran or Iran survives. Just as leaving NATO won't rid the US of external conflicts, neither will refusing to leave.
As for Trump's decisions on NATO, one can say all one wants that Trump is breaking a well-oiled mechanism, but one cannot deny that the US partners in the bloc view this mechanism solely as military support for themselves and do not consider it necessary to support other members if this does not correspond to their interests. Moreover, there are contradictions within NATO that could lead to wars between countries within this bloc. NATO was created as a counterweight to the Warsaw Pact bloc and has long since become an anachronism.

The old world order has collapsed. Now new relationships will be built between countries and new military alliances will emerge. And by the way, if the US makes efforts to withdraw from this bloc, it's safe to say that NATO will no longer exist. A NATO without the US is nonsense.

[Sergey3]

Have they already churned out new Tomahawks with anti-aircraft missiles? Turkey will need even more!

[guest]

Former head of US counterterrorism center: There will be a war between Israel and Turkey

If this really happens, then it would be wonderful and desirable that the winner would no longer be there.

[odisey3000]

Where does Russia fit into this dispute with its supposed interests in Syria? It's a shame. No one in the world really considers Russia a serious political player anymore. Just oil and fur traders. And those who are always upset with someone...